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#26
24th Feb 2015 at 10:25 PM
It's perfectly fine. I'm not one to ever stifle creativity
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#27
24th Feb 2015 at 10:53 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by justJones
coolsim22, well, without reading your article, I don't know for certain, but I doubt it But you could hold on to that one, you never know what might come in the next rounds. There's still plenty of time to get in this round. |
Actually I might give this contest a miss, looking at the entries which look amazing btw, I have no chance of winning the contest also I don't have photoshop so I don't know I'm going to make a news paper effect on my article.
#28
24th Feb 2015 at 10:59 PM
You don't have to have the newspaper effect, coolsim22. It's totally optional and doesn't effect the score. It's up to you, but we'd love to have you
#29
25th Feb 2015 at 12:36 AM
Quote: Originally posted by coolsim22
Actually I might give this contest a miss, looking at the entries which look amazing btw, I have no chance of winning the contest also I don't have photoshop so I don't know I'm going to make a news paper effect on my article. |
I think the contest is more about the story, not how it looks. So if you have an article please consider sharing it and joing the contest
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#30
25th Feb 2015 at 2:22 AM
Last edited by fairycake89 : 25th Feb 2015 at 5:37 AM.
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Prompt 1 Natural Disaster (Biblical proportions Rain of Pumpkins)
Prompt 2 The Senior Centre
Word Count 843
Prompt 2 The Senior Centre
Word Count 843
Ladies of a certain age at the Sunset Valley Senior Centre are grinning like the cats that got the cream after reaping the wholly unexpected benefits from last Tuesday's unprecedented Hail of Pumpkins which astonished our community.
Regular readers will doubtless remember our exclusive story on the recent natural disaster that pummeled Sunset Valley, covering our neighborhood with fully grown, ripe pumpkins which had fallen inexplicably from the sky disrupting daily life for our beautiful town for several days.
An amateur meteorologist from Appaloosa Plains, who wishes to remain anonymous, called the phenomena a 'doggone freak of nature’ and went on to expound his own view of the reasons for the Pumpkin Rain.
“Them punkin' thangs got sucked up in Riverview and were plunked down on Sunset like a kid droppin' marbles onto a schoolyard, yessirree. Me? I blame all that darn space travel. We never had things like this when I was a boy. We didn’t think of goin’ into space. We was just happy to go eat our burnt waffles and watch people pee themselves outside the movie theatre. We knew how to have fun back then, not like kids these days.”
In Sunset Valley, scientist and spokesman for Landgraab Industries, Gobias Koffi, told the Daily Sim, just moments before he was escorted off the premises by staff from the Midnight Hollow Home for the Bewildered, that such strange occurrences are not unknown in SimNation where plant and vegetable life are renowned for their sinister interactions with susceptible Sims.
“Whilst I urge the town not to panic, it’s just pumpkins after all and it could be worse. Just look at the Magic Jelly Bean Tree! Worse still, one only has to consider the nature of the Laganaphyllis Simnovorii or as it is more commonly known, the Cow Plant, to know that we Sims ought to live in abject fear of fruit and vegetables. I know I do. I can only thank Twallan that no one has managed to bring the cucumber to our dear Sunset Valley. I can’t begin to imagine the outright chaos they would cause in our beautiful town.”
The ladies of Sunset Valley Senior Centre showed no such fear and wasted no time in converting the abundant pumpkin bounty into pies for the local community; but one lady, a Miss Cindi Rella (aged 96 years young and formally a resident of Dragon Valley) thought pies were too tame and remembered a use for pumpkins her Godmother taught her when she was a slip of a girl.
"Wellllll, some of us girls here at Sunset Valley Senior Centre are still too young at heart to sit here and wait for Grim, and let's face it the ol' dudes round here ain't much good for dancin' and romancin'. I mean, have you seen those old men? So I remembered what my Godmother showed me back when I was working night and day and my fingers to the bone for my stepmother and her daughters. I got me one of them pumpkins, some mice and a rat from the pet shop. Put 'em together and what have you got? Bippity-boppity bippity-boppity bippity-boppity-boo! That’s what my Godmother always used to say.” She said with a smile.
“Anyhow ... That pumpkin becomes a coach, the mice make horses and that ol' rat is the finest coachman you'll see in SimNation. It's the ideal, dreamy transport for me and my girls (Madge, 91, Ellie 84 and Sylvia 79) to go hittin' the clubs and festivals in!”
When asked why asked why she preferred this form of transport as opposed to our fabulous and free taxi service, Miss Rella told us,
“Those things ain’t got no romance and anyway have you seen how them drivers drive them things? A body isn’t safe in one of them things. I regularly see Bella Goth on her bicycle being driven through by them taxis."
The romance of the so called ‘pumpkin coach’, The Daily Sim can reveal, must work because we are reliably informed that Miss Rella’s friend ,Madge, 91 years young, married her toy boy Eddie Gaunt, 31, a local to Sunset Valley. The couple met at a recent all-night 70s Funky Festival in Twinbrook. I asked Miss Rella if these romances were entirely due to the allure of the so called ‘Pumpkin Coach’. Miss Rella certainly had her own theory.
“Are you crazy? Of course not! It’s a well-known fact hereabouts that old Madge Alto was going to leave her millions to the Dogs Home instead of that grandson of hers Nick and his wife Vita. Now she’s leavin’ it all to Eddie. He’s a nice boy. He makes her happy.”
I asked Cindi if there were any downside to vegetable vehicles and she smiled wryly.
"There ain’t no downside, the coach turns back into a pumpkin at midnight, which is fine by us – We might somehow lose one of our bedroom slippers, but that’s fine too. Anyway our medication generally kicks in by midnight and by that time we're too pooped to care anyway!'
Regular readers will doubtless remember our exclusive story on the recent natural disaster that pummeled Sunset Valley, covering our neighborhood with fully grown, ripe pumpkins which had fallen inexplicably from the sky disrupting daily life for our beautiful town for several days.
An amateur meteorologist from Appaloosa Plains, who wishes to remain anonymous, called the phenomena a 'doggone freak of nature’ and went on to expound his own view of the reasons for the Pumpkin Rain.
“Them punkin' thangs got sucked up in Riverview and were plunked down on Sunset like a kid droppin' marbles onto a schoolyard, yessirree. Me? I blame all that darn space travel. We never had things like this when I was a boy. We didn’t think of goin’ into space. We was just happy to go eat our burnt waffles and watch people pee themselves outside the movie theatre. We knew how to have fun back then, not like kids these days.”
In Sunset Valley, scientist and spokesman for Landgraab Industries, Gobias Koffi, told the Daily Sim, just moments before he was escorted off the premises by staff from the Midnight Hollow Home for the Bewildered, that such strange occurrences are not unknown in SimNation where plant and vegetable life are renowned for their sinister interactions with susceptible Sims.
“Whilst I urge the town not to panic, it’s just pumpkins after all and it could be worse. Just look at the Magic Jelly Bean Tree! Worse still, one only has to consider the nature of the Laganaphyllis Simnovorii or as it is more commonly known, the Cow Plant, to know that we Sims ought to live in abject fear of fruit and vegetables. I know I do. I can only thank Twallan that no one has managed to bring the cucumber to our dear Sunset Valley. I can’t begin to imagine the outright chaos they would cause in our beautiful town.”
The ladies of Sunset Valley Senior Centre showed no such fear and wasted no time in converting the abundant pumpkin bounty into pies for the local community; but one lady, a Miss Cindi Rella (aged 96 years young and formally a resident of Dragon Valley) thought pies were too tame and remembered a use for pumpkins her Godmother taught her when she was a slip of a girl.
"Wellllll, some of us girls here at Sunset Valley Senior Centre are still too young at heart to sit here and wait for Grim, and let's face it the ol' dudes round here ain't much good for dancin' and romancin'. I mean, have you seen those old men? So I remembered what my Godmother showed me back when I was working night and day and my fingers to the bone for my stepmother and her daughters. I got me one of them pumpkins, some mice and a rat from the pet shop. Put 'em together and what have you got? Bippity-boppity bippity-boppity bippity-boppity-boo! That’s what my Godmother always used to say.” She said with a smile.
“Anyhow ... That pumpkin becomes a coach, the mice make horses and that ol' rat is the finest coachman you'll see in SimNation. It's the ideal, dreamy transport for me and my girls (Madge, 91, Ellie 84 and Sylvia 79) to go hittin' the clubs and festivals in!”
When asked why asked why she preferred this form of transport as opposed to our fabulous and free taxi service, Miss Rella told us,
“Those things ain’t got no romance and anyway have you seen how them drivers drive them things? A body isn’t safe in one of them things. I regularly see Bella Goth on her bicycle being driven through by them taxis."
The romance of the so called ‘pumpkin coach’, The Daily Sim can reveal, must work because we are reliably informed that Miss Rella’s friend ,Madge, 91 years young, married her toy boy Eddie Gaunt, 31, a local to Sunset Valley. The couple met at a recent all-night 70s Funky Festival in Twinbrook. I asked Miss Rella if these romances were entirely due to the allure of the so called ‘Pumpkin Coach’. Miss Rella certainly had her own theory.
“Are you crazy? Of course not! It’s a well-known fact hereabouts that old Madge Alto was going to leave her millions to the Dogs Home instead of that grandson of hers Nick and his wife Vita. Now she’s leavin’ it all to Eddie. He’s a nice boy. He makes her happy.”
I asked Cindi if there were any downside to vegetable vehicles and she smiled wryly.
"There ain’t no downside, the coach turns back into a pumpkin at midnight, which is fine by us – We might somehow lose one of our bedroom slippers, but that’s fine too. Anyway our medication generally kicks in by midnight and by that time we're too pooped to care anyway!'
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#31
25th Feb 2015 at 3:46 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by coolsim22
Actually I might give this contest a miss, looking at the entries which look amazing btw, I have no chance of winning the contest also I don't have photoshop so I don't know I'm going to make a news paper effect on my article. |
*feels awkward about the double post infraction but I wanted to encourage our friend coolsim22!*
If you have a story, I wish you'd enter Don't let the newspaper effect stop you, it's not a requirement of the competition. I don't have any fancy editing stuff either, I just used MS Word - and the story itself is what counts!
#32
25th Feb 2015 at 1:46 PM
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I'm in - working on my entry
#33
25th Feb 2015 at 6:22 PM
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Sorry, two questions before I upload:
And can I use English UK spellings or do I have to use the American way or spelling?
- If I choose to use TS3 for my article in the first round, will I be allowed to use another game for the second round?
- I don't have photoshop - is my picture allowed to be in colour or is b/w or sepia needed? Also, if my bonus isn't very good, do I still get all the points or only some or none? (Like, not that professional looking?)
And can I use English UK spellings or do I have to use the American way or spelling?
#34
25th Feb 2015 at 6:26 PM
@IrishA03, The bonus is up to 5, so you might not get the whole 5 depending, but you would at least get something for effort. UK spelling is fine. As to switching games between rounds...I think, since this isn't a continuous story, that would be ok.
#35
25th Feb 2015 at 6:29 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by justJones
@IrishA03, The bonus is up to 5, so you might not get the whole 5 depending, but you would at least get something for effort. UK spelling is fine. As to switching games between rounds...I think, since this isn't a continuous story, that would be ok. |
Right, thank you!
#36
25th Feb 2015 at 6:44 PM
Oh, forgot your question about color. It doesn't have to be black and white or sepia. There are papers with colored pics :D
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#37
26th Feb 2015 at 5:47 AM
Last edited by TimberWolfer : 8th Mar 2015 at 8:49 AM.
Reason: Names
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Here's my entry:
Scenario: Outer Space Politics/crime (war, in a sense)
Word Count(Article): 751
Word Count(Everything else): 141
article (extended)
Scenario: Outer Space Politics/crime (war, in a sense)
Word Count(Article): 751
Word Count(Everything else): 141
article (extended)
THE INVASION: For all that remember the hijacking of Trans-Galactic TG-1440, you know this isn't the first time the Hoastal Republic has tried to open up peace negotiations with the Industi Confederacy. After witnessing that disaster unfold before the eyes of billions, the President of the Republic has tried this since the disaster to reduce civilian loss of life. Here's an interview after what happened to Muna Major:
Journalist Alexander Kerensky: So, why have decided to try to put a treaty on the Industi Confederacy after every battle?
President of the Republic Joseph Miller: I have faith that they will see the light and stop killing our proud civilians. But as you have seen, it hasn't worked at all.
Kerensky: Have you considered putting more orbital guns and Apollo Rocketships against the Confederacy's overwhelming forces?
Miller: We tried that on Ikena, but it fell just as easily.
Kerensky: What about ambushes or better fed troops?
Miller: We certainly feed our troops enough, and all of our ambushes on the Confederacy have failed
Kerensky: Ever considered not lighting the birthday cakes you give them as food? Elderly don't fare well against the younger guys on the field. And the clunky armor doesn’t help their speed at all…
Miller: The birthday cake lighting is a custom that has existed since the dawn of the Republic. I know, I know, you’re going to say “Old customs are old! Throw them out! Out with the old and in with the new!” My response to that is: do you have any customs? Is anything sacred to you?
Kerensky: What I’m saying is that the birthday cake lighting is a bad idea. Listen, I practice the Solid Booster Festival and Republic Day. I have customs; nothing is wrong with those. But what I think is that the birthday cake lighting is aging your troops before they fight, making them more fragile than the Industi Confederacy when fighting.
Miller: I’ll get a board to investigate this cause. Until then, we will continue the customs.
Expect the Hoastal Republic to lose considerably more troops until they remove the custom.
More on the loss of Threshold II to the Industi Confederacy that was mentioned earlier. According to anonymous sources, the Confederacy first engaged in an orbital fight over the planet in the Poxull System against 2 Hoastal carriers: H.R.S 114-M4 Hare, and H.R.S. 114-M7 Arctic which were both destroyed by the inferior-but-better-crewed-ship, the I.C.S. Blumpop. The Hare crashed into a large, open-pit mine, while the Arctic leveled New City XXIV and destroyed the highway to New^15 Simcity. Refugees of New City XXIV are saying that the mayor of the city did it via a tractor beam located on the Prosper Room’s roof. There has yet to be any evidence of the supposed mayor’s tractor beam in the rubble of the city.
Ikena was a similar case of conquest. At first, the Confederacy knew it would be as easy to take as Thestra II, and sent two transport craft accompanied by the Blumpop. Orbital guns hit one of the transports, which promptly spun out of control and crashed into the orbital guns. The Confederacy then requested surrender from the planets militias, which was promptly accepted when Ikena realized their militia was nothing but 75-year-olds. Many sources, including Simweekly, are attributing it to the Republic’s birthday cake lighting before planetary battles. How’s that for proof, Hoastal Republic?
Journalist Alexander Kerensky: So, why have decided to try to put a treaty on the Industi Confederacy after every battle?
President of the Republic Joseph Miller: I have faith that they will see the light and stop killing our proud civilians. But as you have seen, it hasn't worked at all.
Kerensky: Have you considered putting more orbital guns and Apollo Rocketships against the Confederacy's overwhelming forces?
Miller: We tried that on Ikena, but it fell just as easily.
Kerensky: What about ambushes or better fed troops?
Miller: We certainly feed our troops enough, and all of our ambushes on the Confederacy have failed
Kerensky: Ever considered not lighting the birthday cakes you give them as food? Elderly don't fare well against the younger guys on the field. And the clunky armor doesn’t help their speed at all…
Miller: The birthday cake lighting is a custom that has existed since the dawn of the Republic. I know, I know, you’re going to say “Old customs are old! Throw them out! Out with the old and in with the new!” My response to that is: do you have any customs? Is anything sacred to you?
Kerensky: What I’m saying is that the birthday cake lighting is a bad idea. Listen, I practice the Solid Booster Festival and Republic Day. I have customs; nothing is wrong with those. But what I think is that the birthday cake lighting is aging your troops before they fight, making them more fragile than the Industi Confederacy when fighting.
Miller: I’ll get a board to investigate this cause. Until then, we will continue the customs.
Expect the Hoastal Republic to lose considerably more troops until they remove the custom.
More on the loss of Threshold II to the Industi Confederacy that was mentioned earlier. According to anonymous sources, the Confederacy first engaged in an orbital fight over the planet in the Poxull System against 2 Hoastal carriers: H.R.S 114-M4 Hare, and H.R.S. 114-M7 Arctic which were both destroyed by the inferior-but-better-crewed-ship, the I.C.S. Blumpop. The Hare crashed into a large, open-pit mine, while the Arctic leveled New City XXIV and destroyed the highway to New^15 Simcity. Refugees of New City XXIV are saying that the mayor of the city did it via a tractor beam located on the Prosper Room’s roof. There has yet to be any evidence of the supposed mayor’s tractor beam in the rubble of the city.
Ikena was a similar case of conquest. At first, the Confederacy knew it would be as easy to take as Thestra II, and sent two transport craft accompanied by the Blumpop. Orbital guns hit one of the transports, which promptly spun out of control and crashed into the orbital guns. The Confederacy then requested surrender from the planets militias, which was promptly accepted when Ikena realized their militia was nothing but 75-year-olds. Many sources, including Simweekly, are attributing it to the Republic’s birthday cake lighting before planetary battles. How’s that for proof, Hoastal Republic?
#38
26th Feb 2015 at 1:43 PM
@TimberWolfer, you didn't include the word count in the post.
#39
26th Feb 2015 at 2:06 PM
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Awesome Entries everyone. All very creative ideas. ^___^
#40
26th Feb 2015 at 4:38 PM
Very interesting reading so far! Great submissions, everyone
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#41
26th Feb 2015 at 6:52 PM
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Here is my entry:
Prompt 1 : Crime (Bank fraud)
Prompt 2 : In Sim City (Businesses complaining)
Word Count : 817 words (excluding headlines)
Here is my header and headline
My article
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Prompt 1 : Crime (Bank fraud)
Prompt 2 : In Sim City (Businesses complaining)
Word Count : 817 words (excluding headlines)
Here is my header and headline
My article
Jenna Jenkins was arrested yesterday morning at around 10h00 while trying to raise funds for the local orphanage. She was auctioning off a rare Ming vase when Captain Jason Larson of the Sim City Police Fraud Squad personally cuffed her.
Jenkins, the well-known socialite and head of numerous charity organisations, apparently thought that Captain Larson was joking. Sources informed the Sim Weekly that Jenkins was truly shocked when she realised that Larson was serious.
For years, Sims have speculated about the origin of Jenkins’s wealth. Rumours had it that she had shares in the porn industry; that she was a secret double agent; that she inherited money from a billionaire and that she was a computer hacker. None of these allegations could ever be established as true, although the Sim Weekly had investigated thoroughly.
It is no secret that Jenkins bought expensive stuff and that she always paid cash. “The discount on cash makes it worth it to carry millions of Simoleons around in my designer hand-bags,” she once said in an interview, shortly after she had bought a helicopter, two sport cars and South African diamonds.
The mystery surrounding Jenkins’s enormous wealth may be solved.
According to Captain Larson, Jenkins is to be charged with 10 000 counts of fraud. It is alleged that she had stolen one Simoleon a day from 10 000 different accounts while she was working at Sim City Bank.
Jenkins allegedly transferred funds from investments accounts into her own account just before midnight every night, and then transferred the money back early in the morning. She allegedly took just one Simoleon from accrued interest. It seems as if no client ever suspected anything until recently, when somebody laid a complaint at the Fraud Squad.
The arrest sent shock waves through the Sim community, and some Sims looked as they have been struck by lightning. The Chairman of Sim City Bank made a short press statement. “I do not believe that Jenna would steal anything. She is the most honest person I know,” he said. “We will stand by her. She has to be regarded as innocent until proven guilty.”
Mr Sheldon Langley, the Chair of the Sim City Business Association, has a different opinion. “We, the small business owners of this city, are that woman’s victims,” he said. “We are of course going to sue the bank. We want all our interest back and the interest that we would have earned on that interest. We will also sue for the terrible trauma we are going through. And we will sue the bank for more stuff as soon as we come up with more stuff to sue them for.”
Jenkins is to appear in court today for her bail hearing. Sources told Sim Weekly that her bail will be paid by the Mystery Sim. According to several reports, Jenkins slept in the holding cells at the Sim City Police Station last night. Her husband, the esteemed medical specialist, Doctor Jeff Jenkins, had apparently been seen, carrying a basket of fresh fruit and a bottle of wine. Sources told Sim Weekly that he spent more than three hours with his wife in the holding cell.
These reports were denied by the guards at the holding cells when Sim Weekly approached them for comment. They denied that Doctor Jenkins was anywhere close to the holding cells. All of them were wearing brand new gold Smolex watches.
Jenkins will be represented by their family lawyer, Will White from White and White. White said in a statement that his client is innocent; that she should not even go to trial and that jealousy is a nasty thing. He stated that Captain Larson was brutally rude when arresting Jenkins. “The Captain could have waited until the Ming vase was sold. He has taken that money away from the orphanage. My client will organise another charity event for the orphanage as soon as possible.”
Mr Sheldon Langley was appalled to hear this. “If she hosts any function at all, we will not only boycott it, we will disrupt it. I have drawn up a petition and it has already been signed by 15 000 small business owners. We want Jenkins to rot in jail and will ask the State to throw away the key.”
Mrs Florence McCartney, owner of the biggest flower shop in Sim City, said she signed the petition. “I will never give that woman any discount on any bouquet again,” she stated.
Captain Larson, when approached for comment, simply stated that the arrest was the result of a long and thorough investigation by the Fraud Squad. “A Simoleon a day might keep the repo man away, but it can mean jail time,” he said. “We cannot allow Sims to corrupt our neighbourhoods. It is just not on. More arrests will follow in the near future, because it is hard to believe that Jenkins acted alone.”
Jenkins, the well-known socialite and head of numerous charity organisations, apparently thought that Captain Larson was joking. Sources informed the Sim Weekly that Jenkins was truly shocked when she realised that Larson was serious.
For years, Sims have speculated about the origin of Jenkins’s wealth. Rumours had it that she had shares in the porn industry; that she was a secret double agent; that she inherited money from a billionaire and that she was a computer hacker. None of these allegations could ever be established as true, although the Sim Weekly had investigated thoroughly.
It is no secret that Jenkins bought expensive stuff and that she always paid cash. “The discount on cash makes it worth it to carry millions of Simoleons around in my designer hand-bags,” she once said in an interview, shortly after she had bought a helicopter, two sport cars and South African diamonds.
The mystery surrounding Jenkins’s enormous wealth may be solved.
According to Captain Larson, Jenkins is to be charged with 10 000 counts of fraud. It is alleged that she had stolen one Simoleon a day from 10 000 different accounts while she was working at Sim City Bank.
Jenkins allegedly transferred funds from investments accounts into her own account just before midnight every night, and then transferred the money back early in the morning. She allegedly took just one Simoleon from accrued interest. It seems as if no client ever suspected anything until recently, when somebody laid a complaint at the Fraud Squad.
The arrest sent shock waves through the Sim community, and some Sims looked as they have been struck by lightning. The Chairman of Sim City Bank made a short press statement. “I do not believe that Jenna would steal anything. She is the most honest person I know,” he said. “We will stand by her. She has to be regarded as innocent until proven guilty.”
Mr Sheldon Langley, the Chair of the Sim City Business Association, has a different opinion. “We, the small business owners of this city, are that woman’s victims,” he said. “We are of course going to sue the bank. We want all our interest back and the interest that we would have earned on that interest. We will also sue for the terrible trauma we are going through. And we will sue the bank for more stuff as soon as we come up with more stuff to sue them for.”
Jenkins is to appear in court today for her bail hearing. Sources told Sim Weekly that her bail will be paid by the Mystery Sim. According to several reports, Jenkins slept in the holding cells at the Sim City Police Station last night. Her husband, the esteemed medical specialist, Doctor Jeff Jenkins, had apparently been seen, carrying a basket of fresh fruit and a bottle of wine. Sources told Sim Weekly that he spent more than three hours with his wife in the holding cell.
These reports were denied by the guards at the holding cells when Sim Weekly approached them for comment. They denied that Doctor Jenkins was anywhere close to the holding cells. All of them were wearing brand new gold Smolex watches.
Jenkins will be represented by their family lawyer, Will White from White and White. White said in a statement that his client is innocent; that she should not even go to trial and that jealousy is a nasty thing. He stated that Captain Larson was brutally rude when arresting Jenkins. “The Captain could have waited until the Ming vase was sold. He has taken that money away from the orphanage. My client will organise another charity event for the orphanage as soon as possible.”
Mr Sheldon Langley was appalled to hear this. “If she hosts any function at all, we will not only boycott it, we will disrupt it. I have drawn up a petition and it has already been signed by 15 000 small business owners. We want Jenkins to rot in jail and will ask the State to throw away the key.”
Mrs Florence McCartney, owner of the biggest flower shop in Sim City, said she signed the petition. “I will never give that woman any discount on any bouquet again,” she stated.
Captain Larson, when approached for comment, simply stated that the arrest was the result of a long and thorough investigation by the Fraud Squad. “A Simoleon a day might keep the repo man away, but it can mean jail time,” he said. “We cannot allow Sims to corrupt our neighbourhoods. It is just not on. More arrests will follow in the near future, because it is hard to believe that Jenkins acted alone.”
Bonus
#42
26th Feb 2015 at 7:02 PM
@TimberWolfer, unfortunately, I cannot add you to the table, the required word count is 750-1200 for the article. There is still time to get one in though!
With Justpetro's entry we have the 5 we needed to keep going, but there are still 15 spots left. So keep those entries coming :D
With Justpetro's entry we have the 5 we needed to keep going, but there are still 15 spots left. So keep those entries coming :D
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#43
27th Feb 2015 at 3:08 AM
Posts: 18
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For some reason the picture won't come out. I have to retake it. Also I don't know how to include a spoiler. Even if I did, I also don't know how to put in an image...I don't post alot.
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#44
27th Feb 2015 at 4:09 AM
Posts: 6
Post is within limits
#45
27th Feb 2015 at 4:18 AM
Ok, TimberWolfer, you are now added to the table
#46
27th Feb 2015 at 9:59 AM
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Prompts:
-Crime (Theft)
-At the Trailer Park
Word Count: 754 (Including ONLY Article text- not headline, etc)
Article Picture:
Headline:
Missing Train Caboose Found Years Later
Article:
Missing Train Caboose Found Years Later
It was known as one of the greatest thefts of the decade. During a record breaking winter blizzard in early 2002, when all modes of travel, including plane, trains, and automobiles were at a stand-still, no one immediately took notice to the missing caboose from the Trans-Southern-Oasis Train 888, which was parked in the rail yard in Oasis Springs, waiting out the storm.
It wasn’t until after the storm had passed- a blizzard which lasted five days- that members of the rail yard took notice to the missing caboose while loading train 888, operated by Ralph Vincent of 25 years.
“I had to go take a look for myself; I didn’t believe they were being serious,” Vincent stated, referring to the caboose. “It wasn’t like stealing a load from one of the cars, or breaking a window or something. The whole caboose was just gone!” He added.
The authorities had investigated the matter at the time, but no traces were left at the scene of the incident, the storm mostly to blame. “This was the greatest theft I had ever attempted to solve,” Sergeant Tim Goth, stated, who had been part of Oasis Springs Sheriff’s Department for 10 years at the time. “I had only seen small crimes such as break-ins and shoplifting, where video footage caught part of the crime; I hardly thought that this crime was even possible.” Goth added.
Had it not of been for the concern of one Oasis Springs citizen, “Ursula Freeland,” the caboose may have never been discovered. Freeland, a resident of “Golden Living Mobile Home Park,” Voiced concern to the authorities earlier in the month to the Sheriff’s Department regarding the size of the trees in her neighbor, Hickory Duncan’s, yard. “They [trees] are too darn tall and come a big wind, they’re going to end up on top of me and my Mr. Crumples [Freeland’s cat]. I have done told that man [Duncan] to do something about those trees, but he just wouldn’t pay me no mind. I’ve had enough of it all and want something done.”
After repeated attempts to get through to her neighbor, Freeland called daily to the Sheriff’s Department until Sergeant Goth investigated the matter. “The trees had begun to become entangled in power lines around the park, and appeared to pose a safety threat. Upon telling Mr. Duncan that the trees would need to be cut back, he became hostile towards me, and my officer. After refusing to back away and calm down, Duncan was arrested and brought down to the department for obstruction.” Goth explained.
Days later, power company workers were sent to safely trim the trees around the power lines, when the discovery was made. The caboose was found in the midst of all the trees, surrounded by a decaying wooden fence. “It appeared that the fence had been built around the caboose, and it was just luck that the trees, which were originally intended to provide privacy to what appears to be an old patio, had continued to grow and provide adequate cover. But I’m still mystified on how Duncan ever managed to get the caboose to where it was,” Goth stated. He obviously didn’t act alone, but because Duncan isn’t talking, he will be the only one charged for this crime at this time.
Duncan, 78 at time of the arrest, used to be employed by Trans-Southern-Oasis in the 70s through early 90s, until he was let go, forced into retirement. Perhaps Duncan was still sour about the retirement, which had come as a shock to Duncan back in the 90s, when the railway was trying to make ends meet by hiring younger, cheaper help. T.S.O. wouldn’t provide a formal statement on the matter, but did express gratitude for the discovery of their caboose.
We should all expect to hear more about this case in the following weeks as Duncan makes his case through the court system to plead his case.
In the meantime, county officials, T.S.O. workers, and owner of Golden Living Mobile Home Park, are all working together to safely remove the caboose from its resting spot. “It may be a matter of either removing the trailer, or cutting down the trees,” said Malloy Landgraab, owner of Golden Living. “I hate to leave Mr. Duncan, who has been a tenant for over 30 years, without a home, but with him up in the county jail, I don’t suspect he’ll be needing it,” Landgraab added, shrugging as he pondered the matter. “We’ll figure it out though.”
Story by Danielle Hartman
Bonus:
-Crime (Theft)
-At the Trailer Park
Word Count: 754 (Including ONLY Article text- not headline, etc)
Article Picture:
Headline:
Missing Train Caboose Found Years Later
Article:
Missing Train Caboose Found Years Later
It was known as one of the greatest thefts of the decade. During a record breaking winter blizzard in early 2002, when all modes of travel, including plane, trains, and automobiles were at a stand-still, no one immediately took notice to the missing caboose from the Trans-Southern-Oasis Train 888, which was parked in the rail yard in Oasis Springs, waiting out the storm.
It wasn’t until after the storm had passed- a blizzard which lasted five days- that members of the rail yard took notice to the missing caboose while loading train 888, operated by Ralph Vincent of 25 years.
“I had to go take a look for myself; I didn’t believe they were being serious,” Vincent stated, referring to the caboose. “It wasn’t like stealing a load from one of the cars, or breaking a window or something. The whole caboose was just gone!” He added.
The authorities had investigated the matter at the time, but no traces were left at the scene of the incident, the storm mostly to blame. “This was the greatest theft I had ever attempted to solve,” Sergeant Tim Goth, stated, who had been part of Oasis Springs Sheriff’s Department for 10 years at the time. “I had only seen small crimes such as break-ins and shoplifting, where video footage caught part of the crime; I hardly thought that this crime was even possible.” Goth added.
Had it not of been for the concern of one Oasis Springs citizen, “Ursula Freeland,” the caboose may have never been discovered. Freeland, a resident of “Golden Living Mobile Home Park,” Voiced concern to the authorities earlier in the month to the Sheriff’s Department regarding the size of the trees in her neighbor, Hickory Duncan’s, yard. “They [trees] are too darn tall and come a big wind, they’re going to end up on top of me and my Mr. Crumples [Freeland’s cat]. I have done told that man [Duncan] to do something about those trees, but he just wouldn’t pay me no mind. I’ve had enough of it all and want something done.”
After repeated attempts to get through to her neighbor, Freeland called daily to the Sheriff’s Department until Sergeant Goth investigated the matter. “The trees had begun to become entangled in power lines around the park, and appeared to pose a safety threat. Upon telling Mr. Duncan that the trees would need to be cut back, he became hostile towards me, and my officer. After refusing to back away and calm down, Duncan was arrested and brought down to the department for obstruction.” Goth explained.
Days later, power company workers were sent to safely trim the trees around the power lines, when the discovery was made. The caboose was found in the midst of all the trees, surrounded by a decaying wooden fence. “It appeared that the fence had been built around the caboose, and it was just luck that the trees, which were originally intended to provide privacy to what appears to be an old patio, had continued to grow and provide adequate cover. But I’m still mystified on how Duncan ever managed to get the caboose to where it was,” Goth stated. He obviously didn’t act alone, but because Duncan isn’t talking, he will be the only one charged for this crime at this time.
Duncan, 78 at time of the arrest, used to be employed by Trans-Southern-Oasis in the 70s through early 90s, until he was let go, forced into retirement. Perhaps Duncan was still sour about the retirement, which had come as a shock to Duncan back in the 90s, when the railway was trying to make ends meet by hiring younger, cheaper help. T.S.O. wouldn’t provide a formal statement on the matter, but did express gratitude for the discovery of their caboose.
We should all expect to hear more about this case in the following weeks as Duncan makes his case through the court system to plead his case.
In the meantime, county officials, T.S.O. workers, and owner of Golden Living Mobile Home Park, are all working together to safely remove the caboose from its resting spot. “It may be a matter of either removing the trailer, or cutting down the trees,” said Malloy Landgraab, owner of Golden Living. “I hate to leave Mr. Duncan, who has been a tenant for over 30 years, without a home, but with him up in the county jail, I don’t suspect he’ll be needing it,” Landgraab added, shrugging as he pondered the matter. “We’ll figure it out though.”
Story by Danielle Hartman
Bonus:
Sims, like life, is very unpredictable. One minute you're eating four day old pizza, and then the repo-man steals your only sofa and you're in tears. ...then the food poison kicks in.
#47
27th Feb 2015 at 1:47 PM
@Capulina, to do a spoiler type [ spoiler ] everything you want in the spoiler goes here [ spoiler ], except without the spaces. As to adding images, this might help.
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27th Feb 2015 at 6:14 PM
@Capulina - a slight correction to what Jones wrote above...
To make a spoiler tag, you type:
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So, what I typed would look like this...
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To make a spoiler tag, you type:
[ spoiler]Whatever text you want hidden[ /spoiler]
Without any spaces between the brackets [ ]
So, what I typed would look like this...
Whatever text you want hidden
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Awww, Thanks for the encouraging posts, I will consider taking part and try to make an entry for each round if I have the time due to school work,
sorry if this has already been asked but Is 750 words the minimum amount of words needed for the article to be accepted?
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27th Feb 2015 at 6:58 PM
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Yes. And that doesn't include titles/captions/headlines etc. The article itself should be between 750 and 1200 words. I'm looking forward to reading your "news"!
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